//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 New Pony in Town Part 2 // Story: The New Pony in Town // by zetaPurglow //------------------------------// The house was a lovely 2 story residence. It boasted 1 Master bedroom and 3 spare bedrooms, 2 full baths, a fully equipped kitchen, a study that easily fit all of Uncle Noa's equipment for his work,and even a small deck that gave a beautiful view over Ponyville, their new home, While Noa was often more fond of smaller, simpler living, he couldn't help but enjoy the new house, as he closes the door to his work room, finished packing and still with plenty of hours left in the day. The home, to possible quite a few in Ponyville, would have been something to desire, but out of many ponies price range. Now the purple Pegasus and his two nieces finished filling their new home with all that they needed. With just the three of them living there it provided for even an extra bedroom to be used as a playroom for the two fillies, who could now be heard rummaging about inside said room, as they search for their toys too, more then likely, litter the room with. Noa called up the stairs to them "Hey kids! Let's get going, we want to make it to the marketplace to pick up dinner before dark now!" he said with a small smile on his face. Suddenly, their hooves could be heard as they ran down the hall towards the stairs. Hopper was leading, as the mint green unicorn wobbled and half tumbled down the stairs. His sister, Comet, took the more careful route as she spread her wings and fluttered her way down, landing in front of her uncle, both smiling as they awaited to follow their uncle out, "You two must be hungry then?" Noa said with a chuckle. He was responded too with nods. Hopper held out his tongue, and held his hoof up in a begging fashion in a joking fashion. Noa would chuckle again and begin towards the door "well come on! let's explore the town a bit!" With that the two fillies ran out the door, their uncle trotting behind as they made their way to the center of town. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Several Hours Later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hopper lay on his uncles back, propped up between two saddle bags filled with groceries as the three made their way back to the house. Hopper's eyes remained closed as the tuckered out unicorn slept contently on Noa's back. Comet trotted close behind her uncle, carrying her own two bags, her gaze darted about slightly nervously; the sun had gone down and now she had grown a tad frightful, but she would never admit it, but her worried state would be noticed as she picked up her pace as she got closer to the house. Noa smiled to her as he began opening the door "Don't worry Comet we're home now." he said reassuring. However, suddenly he would be jumping back in shock as the lights flew on before he could turn them on, and about 20 to 30 ponies jumped out from behind furniture, throwing confetti and streamers as they all shouted in unison "Surprise!!" Comet jumped with her uncle and darted behind him, as Hopper yawned and slowly raised his head as he awakened. Pinkie Pie then darted up to the three shocked ponies, returning her face close to Noa's again. He managed to muster a weak smile as he face tinted red slightly "o...oh hey again Pinkie!" he would nervously stutter. "Hey again! We threw this party for you, I hope you like it, It's just a little 'Welcome to Ponyville Party' since we saw you coming to town today and it only seemed like it was you three so we thought 'hey let's throw a party!...." Pinkie Pie begun going on a speech leaving Noa no space to speak up and so he simply nodded as he began carrying his groceries to the kitchen. the party around him begun as ponies began socializing and dancing and just enjoying themselves. Noa had not thought or planned to be holding any parties in his home, and was quite curious as to how they all got in. But, he was still grateful for the gesture and smiled as he set the bags down and turned to Pinkie who still went on. "...so we got lots of streamers and cake, pie, cookies, hot sauce, we even got pin the ta-" Pinkie was finally interrupted as Noa built up the heart to speak "Thank you Pinkie, I am grateful that you guys did this" he'd say with a gentle smile. Pinkie smiled wide to him and nodded "oh its no problem, I just love throwing parties!" The party went on for a few hours, Hopper often joining in with Pinkies antics or trying to do magic with Twilight. Comet hung, noticeably star struck around Rainbow Dash, blushing each time the cyan pony gave her the slightest attention. Noa, however, found himself often sitting off to the side, sipping on punch and just taking in the scene. Often his gaze would dash over to the butter yellow mare he knew as Flutter shy, who was also staying in the sidelines of the party. He would give a small blush as he smiled her way. Noa's gaze was suddenly turned to his front door however as a loud knock suddenly run out, "who would be joining the party at this hour?" Pinkie asked as she trotted up to the door and opened it to the visitor...... To Be Continued.....